By Robert Sanders, Public Affairs BERKELEY– Several recent observations support a controversial theory that high velocity clouds of hydrogen gas seen near our galaxy are left over from the formation […]
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Dramatic Outburst Reveals Nearest Black Hole
P.O. Box O Socorro, New Mexico 87801 http://www.spaceref.com/redirect.html?id=0&url=www.nrao.edu Contact: Dave Finley, NRAO (505) 835-7302 dfinley@nrao.edu Deborah Halber, MIT (617) 258-9276 dhalber@mit.edu Scientists have discovered the closest black hole yet, a […]
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Exposing the Stuff Between Stars: A Progress Report on the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey Mapping Our Milky Way Galaxy
Calgary, Alberta Contact: Jo Moss Media Relations Coordinator (403) 220-5727 Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS) maps, delineating the gas and dust between stars, reveal the complex “ecosystem” of our Galaxy, […]
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Chandra Images the Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy
Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center January 14, 2000 Huntsville, AL Phone: 256-544-6535 Barbara Kennedy Penn State PIO University Park, PA. Phone: 814-863-4682 Dr. Wallace Tucker Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, […]
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NEAR Science Update
Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University Laurel, Maryland This week, science operations moved into high gear as NEAR approaches to within 41000 km of Eros. Images of Eros were obtained […]
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ISS Status Report – Mission Control Center Report # 02
10 p.m. CST, Thursday, January 13, 2000 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The International Space Station continues to operate with no problems entering its sixteenth month on orbit. Managers continue […]
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NASA Daily News Summary – Media Advisory m00-009
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Jan. 13, 2000 Media Advisory m00-009 SUMMARY: LONE BLACK HOLES DISCOVERED ADRIFT IN THE GALAXY CHANDRA RESOLVES X-RAY GLOW INTO MILLIONS OF OBJECTS Video […]
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Planet search results suggest our solar system may be uncommon
Contact: B. Scott Gaudi Gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu 614-292-2076 Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State University astronomer is helping to answer a question mankind has asked since Copernicus first proclaimed […]
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Yale Researcher Finds Number of “Near-Earth Asteroids” Are Fewer than Believed
YALE News Release CONTACT: Jacqueline Weaver 203-432-8555 #151 New Haven, Conn. — The number of “near-Earth asteroids” that have a chance, though miniscule, of colliding with Earth this century is […]
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Minotaur Set for West Coast Launch Debut Friday Evening
National Space Society/Western Spaceport Chapter “Twilight Phenomena” may be seen from as far away as 200 miles VANDENBERG AFB, CA (January 13) — A Minotaur missile is scheduled for launch […]
